Risk prediction by genetic risk scores for coronary heart disease is independent of self-reported family history - PubMed (original) (raw)

Observational Study

. 2016 Feb 7;37(6):561-7.

doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv462. Epub 2015 Sep 20.

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Observational Study

Risk prediction by genetic risk scores for coronary heart disease is independent of self-reported family history

Hayato Tada et al. Eur Heart J. 2016.

Abstract

Aims: Genetic risk scores (GRSs) have been associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) in large studies. We asked whether expanding an established 27-variant GRS (GRS27) to a 50-variant GRS (GRS50) improved CHD prediction and whether GRSs are independent of self-reported family history of CHD.

Methods and results: The association between GRSs and incident CHD was assessed in Cox models adjusting for established risk factors in 23 595 participants of the Malmö Diet and Cancer study--a prospective, population-based study. During a median follow-up of 14.4 years, 2213 participants experienced a first CHD event. After adjustment for established risk factors, both GRS27 and GRS50 were associated with incident CHD [hazard ratio (HR) = 1.70 for high (top quintile) vs. low (bottom quintile) of GRS27; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.48-1.94; Ptrend = 1.6 × 10(-15) and HR = 1.92 for GRS50; 95% CI: 1.67-2.20; Ptrend = 6.2 × 10(-22)]. Adding 23 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to GRS27 improved risk prediction (P = 3 × 10(-6)). Further adjustment for self-reported family history did not appreciably change the risk estimates of either GRS27 (HR = 1.65; 95% CI: 1.45-1.89) or GRS50 (HR = 1.87; 95% CI: 1.63-2.14). The addition of GRS50 to established risk factors, including self-reported family history, improved discrimination (P < 0.0001) and reclassification (continuous net reclassification improvement index = 0.17, P < 0.0001). In young participants (below median age), those with high GRS50 had 2.4-fold greater risk (95% CI: 1.85-3.12) than those with low GRS50.

Conclusion: The addition of 23 SNPs to an existing GRS27 improved CHD risk prediction and was independent of self-reported family history. Coronary heart disease risk assessment by GRS could be particularly useful in young individuals.

Keywords: Coronary heart disease risk; Genetic risk scores.

© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.

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Cumulative incidence of coronary heart disease events according to self-reported family history of coronary heart disease and 50-variant genetic risk score. Blue and green: those with high 50-variant genetic risk score with (blue) or without (green) a self-reported family history. Red and black: those with low 50-variant genetic risk score with (red) or without (black) a self-reported family history. Inset: those with intermediate 50-variant genetic risk score with (dashed) or without (dotted) a self-reported family history. FH, self-reported family history. Cumulative incidence was estimated while considering non-coronary heart disease death as competing risk. (A) Participants younger than median age (≤57.6). Median age for this younger group is 51.4 (interquartile range, 48.8–54.2). (B) Participants older than median age (>57.6). Median age for this older group is 64.7 (interquartile range, 61.1–67.7).

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